{"id":632,"date":"2009-09-10T05:46:20","date_gmt":"2009-09-10T05:46:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.lib.uiowa.edu\/dls\/?p=632"},"modified":"2017-02-24T15:42:29","modified_gmt":"2017-02-24T21:42:29","slug":"innovation-in-history","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.lib.uiowa.edu\/studio\/2009\/09\/10\/innovation-in-history\/","title":{"rendered":"Innovation in history"},"content":{"rendered":"

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The Libraries is currently preparing<\/a> to play host to area junior high and high school student researchers\u00a0participating in National History Day, a program that teaches critical thinking, research, and presentation skills through a\u00a0nationwide contest.<\/p>\n

Below are\u00a0a few images from Iowa Digital Library<\/a>\u00a0related to this year’s theme, Innovation in History: Impact and Change.<\/p>\n

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\u00a0Diesel locomotive from the Rock Island Railroad, drawing, ca. 1937<\/a><\/p>\n

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James Van Allen in his laboratory, The University of Iowa, 1953<\/a><\/p>\n

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Evelyn Birkby\u00a0driving a tractor, Shenandoah, Iowa, 1950s<\/a><\/p>\n

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Surgical instruments, engraving, 1655<\/a><\/p>\n

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Men driving automobile, Iowa City, Iowa, 1920s<\/a><\/p>\n

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“Preparing sweet corn for freezing…” by A.M. Wettach, ca. 1948<\/a><\/p>\n

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Carl Menzer broadcasting, The University of Iowa, ca. 1930<\/a><\/p>\n

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“The laugh is on\u00a0 you,” postcard, 1917<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The Libraries is currently preparing to play host to area junior high and high school student researchers\u00a0participating in National History Day, a program that teaches critical thinking, research, and presentation skills through a\u00a0nationwide contest. Below are\u00a0a few images from Iowa Digital Library\u00a0related to this year’s theme, Innovation in History: Impact and Change. \u00a0Diesel locomotive fromContinue reading “Innovation in history”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":131,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8,5],"tags":[],"syndication":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.lib.uiowa.edu\/studio\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/632"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.lib.uiowa.edu\/studio\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.lib.uiowa.edu\/studio\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.lib.uiowa.edu\/studio\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/131"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.lib.uiowa.edu\/studio\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=632"}],"version-history":[{"count":10,"href":"https:\/\/blog.lib.uiowa.edu\/studio\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/632\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4967,"href":"https:\/\/blog.lib.uiowa.edu\/studio\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/632\/revisions\/4967"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.lib.uiowa.edu\/studio\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=632"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.lib.uiowa.edu\/studio\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=632"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.lib.uiowa.edu\/studio\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=632"},{"taxonomy":"syndication","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.lib.uiowa.edu\/studio\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/syndication?post=632"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}